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I've been trying to figure out the beliefs/practices in Wicca, but it seems like I keep going in circles.
Any Wiccan's out there with good book/link suggestions?

2006-06-05 13:47:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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It's not hard at all, just takes a bit of reading and understanding is all. Try the following.
Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Age by Vivienne Crowley
Wicca: A guide for the Solitary Practicioner by Scott Cunningham
The Complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland
Everyday Magic by Dorothy Morrison
Making Magick by Edain McCoy

http://wyndhorselair.tripod.com/bookoflaw.html
http://www.collegewicca.com/
http://www.empathys.co.uk/main.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardnerian_Wicca
http://www.glasstemple.com/
http://www.tylwythteg.com/glossary.html
http://www.witchipedia.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
http://www.modernwiccan.com/
http://www.betwixt.org/
http://www.pagan-heart.co.uk/home.html
http://www.sacred-magick.com/
http://bluemoonwicca.org/solitary.html
http://www.geocities.com/k_garber/contents.html?20055
http://www.witchway.net/
http://earthspirits.org/
http://www.wiccan-refuge.com/index.html
http://www.shadowdrake.com/witchcraft/index.html
http://www.jackowitch.com/
http://www.crystalinks.com/wicca.html
http://www.unc.edu/~reddeer/
http://www.religioustolerance.org/witchcra.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/on/wicca/MainPage.html
http://www.paganlibrary.com/
http://www.paganlore.com/learning.html
http://www.angelfire.com/goth/wiccanway/
http://wiccanet.us/
http://www.witchology.com/
http://www.celticcrow.com/
http://www.witchvox.com/
http://www.witchs-brew.org/masterindex.html
http://www.summerlands.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi

If you don't understand something, just ask. One of us will be more than happy to explain.

2006-06-05 16:41:35 · answer #1 · answered by Sinthyia 7 · 13 5

Actually, I can explain wicca to you easy as pie.

t was made up in the mid 20th centruy by a guy who read some occult books, a little Joseph Campbell, and studied Aleister Crowley (the sex magician and proto-Satanist) and decided to make up his own religion. His main goals were to have orgiastic fertility rites with nubile, gullible hippie women. Wicca is little more than a hodgepodge of various traditions and beliefs ripped out of their contexts (straight from the pages of Frazer's Golden Bough) and thrown together in a sloppy, mismanaged fashion like some sort of pagan Frankenstein. Are you familiar with the saying "Jack of all trades, master of none"?

My final thesis: Wicca lacks depth, substance and elaboration, remaining just a plaything for those who do not or can not delve into serious religious or philosophical study.

2006-06-05 14:07:05 · answer #2 · answered by koresh419 5 · 0 0

Jen there are many things you must understand....Wiccan beliefs are as varied as any of the other religions a person may study.... I, myself am an Ecclectic Wiccan....I do practice several types of rituals.....

I am ordained as a priestess....to help in marriages, funerals, and baby namings, the reason I became ordained is there are so many people that are unforgiving of those who do not believe as they do......I am not that way

my main beliefs are all about nature.....where I came from where I will return....

my favorite saying which most wiccans will agree on.......
" ' an harm none.....do what ye will"

as for information check libriaries....and even bookstores....you will have to find what works for you

BLESSED BE!

2006-06-05 13:58:10 · answer #3 · answered by *Chick*Norris* 3 · 0 0

To me? No, not at all. I myself am Wiccan and was raised by good-natured Wiccan parents and I believe I know plenty about my religion, and would love to share it's messages with other people such as yourself who are willing to learn more about Wicca.

2006-06-06 13:36:14 · answer #4 · answered by Absinthia 1 · 0 0

hi, I am into the wicca...and no it is not that hard to understand, you just need yo get some books on the wicca .....a good book you should get is written by......SCOTT CUNNINGHAM.......(a guide for the solitary practitoner........wicca is for good magic, or as it is called white magic ...to be only used for good...first thing to know, is the laws of wicca ...then you can go on, but the laws of wicca are in the book ...

2006-06-05 14:12:13 · answer #5 · answered by mark22059 3 · 0 0

Sinthiya pretty much hit them all.

I really like "The Spiral Dance" by Starhawk. And anything by Scott Cunningham is usually straight forward and easy to read.

There is a lot of information out there. We are kind of all over the place. I think it's because that we value the individual's experience of goddess and god. And, there is plenty of depth involved, if you are willing to delve into it.

2006-06-06 13:43:24 · answer #6 · answered by sparky52881 5 · 0 0

No it is not difficult. Try www.witchvox.com
Buy a copy of 'Wicca:A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner' by Scott Cunningham. An easy read, and very informative.

2006-06-05 13:54:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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